A fugitive wanted for embezzlement and check fraud was located Tuesday across the country, after three weeks of eluding arrest.

Jodi Lee Nazir, a former Rancho Cucamonga real estate agent, was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Manhattan. She had an outstanding felony warrant for embezzlement of funds from her Rancho Cucamonga company’s Escrow Trust Account, according to a San Bernardino County district attorney’s office news release.

Search and arrest warrants were served March 16 at Nazir’s Rancho Cucamonga residence, but she was already in New York. Officials said she was aware of the pending arrest.

Nazir was scheduled to come home on March 17, said Tina Greco, a senior investigator for the district attorney’s office. She contacted her lawyer, who contacted officials and said Nazir planned to turn herself in when she got back from New York.

“But she never got on the plane,” Greco said.

Nazir is being held without bail in New York until she is extradited back to San Bernardino County.

A Real Estate Broker and Owner of RE/MAX Legends and Legacy Escrow, Nazir allegedly embezzled funds from the company’s escrow trust account in 2006 and 2007, according to the news release. She later had her real estate license revoked and declared bankruptcy.

Nazir also allegedly took real estate agents’ commission checks and cashed them at a check cashing business instead of in the business bank account.

The district attorney’s office is currently investigating other criminal theft complaints against Nazir.

Additional charges based on those complaints could be filed.

Greco said she is not sure how much time Nazir could be facing.

“To be honest, I’ve been so focused on getting her in custody,” she said.